Special-interest money flows to Wis.

PACs contributions as high as 81 percent of total funds for House members

7:10 PM,
Oct. 23, 2013

Written by

Donovan Slack
Gannett Washington Bureau

Some Wisconsin lawmakers on Capitol Hill are bringing in special-interest contributions at a rate far above the congressional average.

Five of the state's eight House members have collected more than half of their total campaign haul this election cycle from political action committees representing big business, labor and other interest groups.

For two, Republican Rep. Tom Petri of Fond du Lac and Democratic Rep. Ron Kind of La Crosse, special-interest groups accounted for more than 70 percent of what they have raised, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. ...